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Two courtrooms, two convictions, one beleaguered president

WASHINGTON - In nearly simultaneous proceedings in two courtrooms 240 miles apart Tuesday, all eyes turned to the man who wasn't there.

President Donald Trump's name was not mentioned directly in either court, but his presence was inescapable, and the day's head-snapping events seemed certain to mark a milestone in an already tumultuous presidency.

On a single day, indeed within a single hour, Trump's former personal lawyer pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, and his former campaign chairman became a convicted felon.

The guilty plea by Michael Cohen in federal court in New York came with his sworn admission that when he illegally paid off two women who had threatened to expose sexual affairs with Trump, he had acted "in coordination with and at the direction of a

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